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    Asashio 1902 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
白雲 [Shirakumo]		356	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	2.1901	1.10.1901	2.1902	minesweeper 4.1922, auxiliary 4.1923
朝潮 [Asashio]		357	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK	4.1901	10.1.1902	5/1902	minesweeper 4.1922, auxiliary 4.1923

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	342
Displacement full, t	428
Length, m	67.5
Breadth, m	6.34
Draught, m	1.83
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	7000
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	coal 95
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	59

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Project history

Built in United Kingdom under the 1898 Programme, represented typical British "30kts" destroyers.

Modernizations

1902 - 1903, both: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.